This is a collection of links to cycling travelogues in South America. If not stated otherwise, web pages placed here include at least one long (a week or more), self-supported cycling trip in South America, either as a travelogue or with enough pictures to give you an idea about the route.

If you know a new site with South American bicycle touring travelogues not yet listed, please let me know. I need your help to keep this page up to date!

The Fuego Project Anna Wittert and Alister Hazeldine, Netherlands/Australia:Starting in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska they plan to ride an on-road and off-road adventure for over 18,000 miles travelling through Alaska, Canada, Northern America, Central America, and the length of South America ending in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Bob's Bike Tours Robert M. Perkowitz, USA:This ride from Sao Paulo to Lima was 5,208 kilometers accomplished in 32 days of riding, about 160km per day.

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Patagonia-Santiago Igor Kovse, Slovenia:A 1-month cycle tour, roughly following the Andes from the lake General Carrera to Santiago.

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Argentina - Chile 2004 Trip Piergiorgio Bertoli, Italy:This page reports on a 5-week bycicle trip started in Santiago de Chile and finished in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. The route first traversed the Andes eastbound, then turned north, crossing the Argentinian provinces of Salta, San Juan, Catamarca, La Rioja, Salta and Jujuy, before finally crossing again to Chile through the Paso Sico, at more than 4000 mts above sea level.

Chili Challenge Frans van den Bouwhuijsen and Victor Niemeijer, The Netherlands:Cycling from the northern border of Chile with Peru to the most southern point of Tierra del Fuego.

English, Spanish, Dutch

Cycling the Carretera Austral Dave Wodchis, Canada:This page chronicles a cycling journey in 2006 north from Bariloche, AR to Villarica and then down the Carretera Austral in Chile via Chile Chico to Perito Moreno.

Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela

Ecuador Ingrid Thijssen and Joost Bolck, The Netherlands:Pictures and a short summary of their trip in Ecuador

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Cycling in Ecuador Anja Graaf and Paul van Roekel, The Netherlands:This article was previously published in a magazine. It tells the story of a 1993 bicycle-trip to Ecuador.

Dutch, English

Biking Venezuela Cheryl Kline, USA:A good collection of very useful hints for cycling in Venezuela. This is a link to the old version of Cheryls Venezuela reports on this server. The updated Venezuela reports on the new location http://www.travelinhobo.com/ are temporarily unavailable.

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Ecuador Nigel Cox, UK:No travelogue, but very detailed information and route advice for cycling in Ecuador, between Quito and Cuenca. Mostly day tours.

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Cycling in Ecuador Ine Frijters and Robert Tenback, The Netherlands:The Andes by bike, cycling at an average altitude of 3000 metres

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Brazil, Guyana

Porto Seguro to Salvador Mary Mahy and Andrew Hedges, USA:Bicycling up the coast of Brazil from Porto Seguro to Salvador, Bahia. This page documents their trip with the hope that others may follow in their footsteps.

Amazon Pilgrim Douglas Gunzelmann, USA:3255 miles (2000 miles on dirt) along the Transamazonica through the heart of the Amazon jungle from Belem, Brazil to Lima, Peru.

Cicloturismo Mozart Lauxen, Brazil:This page contains several tours in Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil), a long tour from Porto Alegre, Brazil to Montevideo, Uruguay and a tour over the Andes from Santiago de Chile to Mendoza, Argentina. Check this pages to see how little baggage you need to travel!

Cicloturismo Cristiano Vieira, Rafael Barreiro Chaves and Rodrigo Sampaio Primo, Brasil:Pictures, infos and reports of a tour from the Chapada dos Veadeiros to Chapada Diamantina and another one from Curitiba to Montevideo

Pedalando pela Paz Ceará - Piauí - Maranhão, Brazil:A tour in the northeast of Brazil, through the states of Ceará, Piauí e Maranhão, including Jericoacoara and the national park Lençóis Maranhenes.

Biking Beaches New (January 2011)Sonya Jane Spry and Aaldrik Harm Mulder, The Netherlands/Australia:A tour guide for biking along the beaches in Parana and Sao Paulo

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Continental tours

Kilometros de Sonrisas Alvaro 'Biciclown' Neil, Spain:From La Paz to southern Argentina, all the way north to Venezuela and back south through Brazil to Uruguay. Alvaro is a professional circus clown who entertains children wherever possible along the road.

Yak and Yakman Claude Marthaler, Switzerland:Collection of e-mails written on his 5-year world tour. South America from Buenos Aires to Colombia

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Sykler Sør Amerika Knut-Morten Engen and Knut Rønning, Norway:They started in Rio de Janeiro and cycled south to Uruguay and Argentina, then via Chile, Bolivia, Peru and the Amazonas to Manaus, Brazil.

Pedalando & Educando Argus Caruso Saturino, Brazil:He started his round the world trip in his home town in Minas Gerais/Brazil, crossed Bolivia and Peru.

Latin America by bike Jordi Blanco, Spain:This 17,000 km expedition started October 2004, from Santa Cruz to San Diego an then all the way down to Ushuaia, Argentina.

English, Spanish

Backyard Wandering Rod, Australia (?):Cycling from Belem (Brazil) to San Lorenzo (Belize) via Neuquen (Argentina). The tales start in Chile from where he turned back north, into Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. His journal entries end in Ecuador.

Caryl and Brian's World Bike Tour Caryl and Brian Bergeron, USA:Tour started in January 2001, 3 months in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. One year later they explored Chile, Bolivia and Peru, from Santiago de Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina and then back to the north of Chile and Peru

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Full Circle Cycling Expedition Natalie Edery and Chris Snyder, Canada:Short summary of their bike tour around the world. In South America they cycled from Quito, Ecuador to São Paulo, Brasil.

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Matt and Cole's South America Tour Matt & Nicole Deniston, USA:11 month tour starting in Santiago, Chile, passing through Tierra del Fuego, Buenos Aires, Uruguay, and Iguazu Falls. From there they flew to Quito and pedalled south through Peru, Bolivia, northern Argentina, and back to Santiago. Site contains stories, photos, maps and a detailed daily trip log with distances, averages, route descriptions, etc.

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Rad-Fernweh Klaus Kuras, Germany:Started in January 2002 in Ushuaia, Argentina. Not much text but a lot of pictures. Along Ruta 40 and the Carretera Austral north, Lake area, Bolivia to Lima, Peru

Motivate-u Sarah and Niel, UK/Switzerland:After sailing across the Atlantic they cycled from Venezuela down through the Amazon and over the Andes to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

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Fietsende Hollanders Annemarie and Wieger, The Netherlands:Traveled from Ecuador to Brazil, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

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Iris en Tore op reis Iris and Tore, The Netherlands:Besides stories and a lot of photos of their 2-year cycling trip through South-America, they also have put some interesting information for other adventurous cyclists. There are maps and information about several special places in Chile, Argentina, Boliva and Peru.

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Vent Number Five Kris and Erik Wright, USA:Two travelers set out on one great adventure to see the world. With them they are bringing their trusty steed, a bicycle built for two. In South America they traveled by bus, bike and boat from Ecuador to Tierra del Fuego

South America Tony, Canada:From Lima, Peru along the Andes to Ushuaia, Argentina. Then from Ushuaia up on the east coast to Olinda in Brazil.

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Atraversando Fronteras Ryan Parton, Canada:From January to November of 2004, He embarked upon an epic bike trip from the southern extreme of South America, on the shores of the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego, north toward Venezuela´s palm-studded Caribbean coast. Along the way, he traversed 9 countries and experienced a multitude of unforgettable moments.

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Terravélo David, France:The South American part of his world tour brought him to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina

Jochem on tour Jochem de Winter, The Netherlands:Pictures and reports of his tour from Ushaia, Argentina to Lima, Peru.

Tyre Tracks Angus Rivers, U.K.:six months on the road from Quito, Ecuador to Ushuaia, Argentina, sticking mainly to routes in the Andes.

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Diarios de bicicleta Chris Standen, Australia:Travel log of his tour of South America.From July 2008 toFeb 2009.

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Al Sur por la Pista Eduardo Aguilar and Gry Solstad, :A bike trip throughout South America. Started in Quito, Ecuador south through Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.

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Travelling Fraggle Bill Peacocke, France:This crazy guy packed a paraglider on top of his bike and cycled from Buenos Aries south along the Argentinean beach, then back north on both the Argentina and the Chile side of the Andes. He also crossed the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru, flying his paraglider wherever possible along the way.

Keep going Rodolfo and Andrea, Italy:Crossing South America by bicycle from Quito to Ushuaia.

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Big Sky Life Simon Plummer and Jen, USA:a self-supported bicycle tour through South America, from Quito in Ecuador, down through Peru, a dabble into Bolivia, Chile, and then Argentina ending in the southern most city in the world, Ushuaia.

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To Patagonia Tom Lavender and Eleanor Wilson, UK:A 10,000 mile cycle ride from Mexico to Patagonia to raise money for Medecins Sans Frontieres and The Psychiatry Research Trust.

Cycling South America Jamie Phillips, Rich Brown and Ian Blenkinsop, UK:One day in early 2006 three guys met for a drink in a pub in Essex. The exact details of the night´s conversation is not known, but by the end of the evening they had agreed that they would cycle the length of South America...

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Tandem Tour Lotje and Koen, Belgium:started july 2006 in Vancouver and did a tour in North America before flying to Chile: Araucania, Lake District, Chiloe, part of the carretera austral, then north through Argentina and Bolivia.

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Ephemerica Cindy and Matt, USA (?):Following the travels of Matt and Cindy as they biked from Mexico to Argentina

Pedalando na Estrada do Pacífico Cristiano Werneck, Brazil:started cycling in Rio Branco, Acre, and went to Cusco, La Paz, Uyuni, San Pedro do Atacama, Salta, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Florianópolis... Brasil-Peru-Bolivia-Chile-Argentina-Uruguay-Brasil...Finished on end of this february....

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The Spoken Road Kirsten Kolkmann and Seth Gates, USA:riding 7th months through South America, from Bolivia south through Argentina and Chile to Tierra del Fuego

Les Antipodes Gwendal Castellan, Canada:In January 2004 he left Usuaia on his tandem bike together with another Canadian, Damien Mccombs. They rode together until Montevideo where he continued alone (on a tandem, just imagine the cheers of the bystanders...!) to La Paz. In La Paz his girlfriend Tania joined him for the rest of the trip to Inuvik in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

English, French, Spanish

Les Amériques a velo Charles and Thomas, Canada (?):Reports and pictures of their tour from Quebec, Canada through the USA and Mexico, then Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Brazil.

Alaska to South America James Middleton, New Zealand:From Anchorage/Alaska to South America. From Ecuador he cycled through the Peruvian Andes into Bolivia and Chile and then south to Ushuaia/Argentina.

Back in the World Maggie Bennedsen and Rick Galezowski, Canada:From the Arctic Ocean to the Antarctic Ocean to the heart of the South American Andes. Along the way, they have cycled the highest, the driest, and the most dangerous roads in the world. 2 years, 3 months, 20 days, and more than 26,000 kilometers (A lot of pictures, reports still missing)

The Road South Nick Lenzmeier, :This site chronicles his travels by bicycle from the tip of North America at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to the tip of South America at Ushuaia, Argentina and back north to Columbia.

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The 7 Year Budget Travel Bike Tour Cindie and Tim Travis, USA:The online story of how they saved their money, quit their jobs, sold their possessions, and set off to budget travel around the world on a multi year bike tour adventure. They cycled from Arizona south to Mexico, Central America, then Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Cile and Argentina. Very detailed accounts and a lot of pictures.

Diego to Fuego Dylan and Cheri Harris, USA:From the US/Mexico border in San Diego to the Southern most tip of the South American continent - Tierra del Fuego. This grueling ride of 11,500 miles took approximately 15 months to complete.

Spinning Southward Mike and John Logsdon, Nateon Ajello, USA:A bicycle trip from the far northern shores of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina, the southern most city in the world.

Wandering Wickershams Judee and Art Wickersham, USA:Traveling by tandem south down the Pan American.... then on around the world.

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Ribbon of Road Gregg Bleakney and Brooks Allen, USA: In the Summer of 2005, Brooks Allen and Gregg Bleakney embarked on a 19,500 mile bicycle journey from Prudhoe Bay (the most northern road accessible point in Alaska) to Tierra del Fuego, the southern most tip of Argentina.

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A Ride for the Climate David Kroodsma, USA:A bicycle tour through the Americas to raise awareness of climate change

On the road Nuno Brilhante Pedrosa, Portugal:A journey through the Pan American highway

Riding the Spine Jacob, Sean and Goat, USA:Began in Alaska and have pedaled over 34,000 kilometers, passed through 14 countries, arriving in Ushuaia after 3.5 years of travel. Instead of riding along the PanAmerican Highway, their unique journey brought them along the dusty, muddy and difficult dirt roads and trails that criss-cross the continental divide - the longest contiguous mountain range in the world; hence their name: Riding the Spine.